Pangolin

Reviewed: 2018-10-19
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
Review: stellar set of original bluegrass & country tunes & songs from local multi-instrumentalist with an ever-changing cast of musicians
If You Like: Vassar Clements, Earl Scruggs, David Bromberg
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Barefoot Boy – fiddle starts> uptempo bluegrass jam> quick fade
*2/ Plum Blossom – banjo starts>uptempo bluegrass jam with lively picking> fade
3/ Tomas – guitar starts> midtempo song about an old friend with a twist> fade
4/ Dwight Way – mandolin starts> uptempo jam> fade
*5/ The Last Crusade – banjo starts> midtempo group song about the Iraq war> quick fade
*6/ New Years Eve/The Match – banjo starts> slow tempo duet with concertina> quick fade
*7/ If It Rains – mandolin starts> uptempo song on unrequited love> banjo solo> quick stop
*8/ Jarboe - guitar starts> uptempo jam like an Irish jig with multiple solos> quick stop
9/ Black Moon Waltz – harmonica starts> midtempo song on the end of a relationship> fade
10/ Almeria – guitar starts. Midtempo jam> quick fade
*11/ City Boy Blues – guitar starts> midtempo song with western twang on lost love> multiple solos> quick stop
*12/ Pangolin – mandolin starts> uptempo bluegrass jam> quick stop
13/ Farmer John – midtempo banjo solo
14/ back Home – guitar starts> midtempo song on friendship> fade
*15/ Seward’s Folly – fiddle starts. Uptempo jam> quick fade
16/ Snake Eyes 1 & 2 – banjo starts> uptempo jam with harmonica> quick fade
17/ Black Moon Waltz – piano/violin starts> midtempo song on loneliness. Violin solo> song> fade
*18/ Runaway Barge – guitar starts> uptempo jam> quick stop
*19/ I Get Excited – banjo starts> midtempo song on complications of love> quick fade
20/ Gandy Dancer – (vocal countdown starts)> midtempo jam> quick stop
21/ Queen Of The Coke Machine – guitar starts> midtempo song about a love interest> fade